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Friday, April 15, 2011

I figured if I used the word Pinterest in the title, I might lose some of you right away, but now that you are here... please don't go anywhere!

I am sure that many of you have heard of Pinterest, it's the coolest thing since sliced bread {which apparently is pretty cool!}. And I also know I am late on this post since Sherry over at YHL basically pulled the words out of my mouth earlier this week... but I just had to share quickly why I am left feeling so inspired by this magical new website!

I am still learning how to play the "Pinterest" game, but for the most part it's the easiest most addicting place to be in awe over endless amounts of inspiration. And you get to keep ALL of that inspiration in one happy place on different boards within your profile. It's magical. Those days of saving files to your desktop or printing them for your inspiration binder are long gone... this is so much faster and easier and organized! Yes, IHeart Pinterest for keeping our inspirations organized.

I went to the Pinterest site awhile back and requested an invite, it took a bit but once I got it, I have to say I didn't use it right away for fear that I wouldn't really use it or it would take too long to understand, and now I feel as though I have missed out! Each day more and more ideas and photos pop up that leave me in major DIY mode!

Sure, I use Pinterest to keep track of ideas for our home, for a future party and for pure inspiration and delight... however, you all know that I am excited about organization.... like I eat, sleep and breathe it... or something like that anyway... and I am more excited about how many incredibly organized spaces and ideas are floating around Pinterest. Sorry Target, I found a new happy place...

If you aren't feeling inspired yet... not sure what will get you there! I know I can't wait to go find something to work on after my speedy fingers are done typing up this post. Consider me completely checked out at this moment and planning my next attack on the home...

You also may notice that I also sourced the pictures back to their original location vs. to Pinterest. That's because Pinterest always tags the website that you found the photo at, so that you can always head back to reference the full site/post. Like a "bookmark" on crack! It's fantastic! Which means you have a new outlet to find oodles and oodles of new websites and blogs that love the same things you do. Genius.

Ok, I am done.... I know some may be on Pinterest overload, so forgive me, but it's a topic that's as hot as that ant under my son's magnifying glass... so I couldn't ignore it! And most of my drive to be creative when organizing around the home, has come from looking at photos like those above... we all inspire one another, there is no doubt about that!

So who's with me and hooked? Have you found something on Pinterest that has driven you to update a space? Who's heading over to request an invite right now? Consider this your warning... once you join, there's no turning back!

Me!I first came across Pinterest from a couple of blogs I read and thought it looked interesting. Plus I am getting my new home soon and I need somewhere to gather all the pretty photos I see online. (If not for Pinterest, I'd have printed them out!)

But I'm not working with a Mac and my laptop is reallllly slow so pinning can take quite some time. Can't wait to adopt my hubby's Mac so that I can return to Pinterest again! (Then I can pin up more inspiring pictures from your blog too!)

I requested my invite the other day, just waiting on an email back now! I love your inspiration photos! I have this post starred in my Google reader so that I can come back to pin these myself, LOL! Awesome inspiration!

i just heard about that today and requested an invite! it def. looks like fun - a great way to keep all things inspiring in one location - LOVE it! look forward to creating my own. thanks for the confirming post =)

girl, i hear you! i've been crazily weeding through my old emails & desktop files and moving them over to pinterest! i'm in love! and i have it set to post to fb, so my friends are all like "what is this pinterest?" and i'm inviting some of them over, too!!! :)

Anyone have any helpful hints how to actually get on to Pinterest? I've been dying to do this but have had many problems. Requested an invite a couple of weeks ago - nothing yet (when you put in your email, does the screen just go back to normal like you didn't enter anything - that's what mine does?). Two different friends sent me invites & when I try to sign in, it says "Forbidden" (ominous!). Had someone send an invite to my work email & got the same "Forbidden" message. Starting to think I'm not supposed to get to play with pinterest like the big kids! Seems like an amazing solution though!

Sorry. You're about the 7th person I've seen today who (regularly) misspells this word. Just tighten it up a bit with ONE 'O', otherwise it's just too l-oo-se, and then you lose. Don't be a loser (not looser).

I spend a little too much time on Pinterest! Good thing I have no life. Ha. I have been on it for quite a while now. I have found tons of inspiration on it but have also discovered what a time sucker it can be! Strangely enough I never had to wait for an invite. I did ask for one but somehow was able to get an account within minutes without an invite. My sister was able to do the same thing. We have no idea how we did it since we both later received the invitation via email (just over a week later). Either way I have enjoyed seeing the good ideas and images people share. Although there are a few aspects I dislike about Pinterest they have not been enough for me to quit spending time scrolling and pinning and scrolling and pinning. :)

I've been on there for awhile now and I absolutely adore it. For all those reasons you just said. Off to give you a follow, since I'm digging all the pins you shared in this post (I've pinned at least one of those already myself!)

I am SOOOO happy that you found Pinterest! I have been on it for about 2 and half weeks and you are so right about it being addicting! I was SO thrilled when I found out I could follow your stuff because now I can eliminate having to pin all the things I see on your blog!! :)

Managed to find someone to send me a personal invite the other day and I am in love!! What an awesome way to bookmark things. I am hugely visual so the regular bookmark menu just doesn't work well for me. Plus I love how on Pinterest you can add a description to the pin.

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